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AGRICULTURAL.
Keep your Lest Stock. —Many farmers are
iu the habit of selling their best animals,
as they " ill bring the highest price. A
greater mistake cannot be made. A dif
feience often or even twenty per cent, in
the price o( a single animal, is a small af
fair compared with this difference in a
whole herd. By keeping the veiy best to
propagate from, the whole may be made of
equal excellence, and in the course of a
lew years, numerous animals might be
produced having the excellent properties
that now distinguish some few of the bpst.
What should we say ol a farmer who
has several highly valuable varieties of
potatoes, and other kinds that are inferior,
and for the sake of ten cents extra in the
bushel, he sells for consumption all his
best varieties, and plants those that are in
ferior, when in consequence o( this impru
dent measure, his next crop will fall short
twenty-five percent. Everyone will con
demn this course, and few, if any, are so
wanting in discretion as to pursue it; yt t
many take a similar course in selling their;
best animals, and propagating from the in
ferior.
For the purposes of work, beef and the
dairy, there are probably no cattle supe
rior to our native breed, where attention
has been given to improve them, though I
some improvement for certain purposes
may be made by a cross with foreign
breeds that excel in the qualities desired.
There is a vast difference in our cattle in !
sections where much attention has been
given to improvement by selecting the 1
best, when contrasted with those where j
little or no attention lias been paid to the!
subject, and ns a matter of course, the best i
have been sold, or eaten up, because thev
were the fattest.' Every man that raises j
stock has it in his power to makeim-i
prnvements, and lie should avail himself,
of all the advantages around him to turn
this power to the benefit of himself and j
posterity.— Boston Cultivator.
TO THE PEOPLE OK GEORGIA.
Fellow-Citizen's:— On the 27ih ult.,
n small number of persons assembled in
Milledgeville, for the purpose of consulting
on the great interests of agriculture. Af
ter due deliberation, they adopted the fol
lowing resolutions:
1. Resolved, That an Agricultural Con
vention l»e held 111 Milledgeville, on the
fifth Monday in March next, to consist of
delegates to he appointed on the part of the*
different counties, and such other persons
-tts may be invited to partake in the pro
ceedings.
’ 2. Resolved, That the different counties
be requested to appoint delegates ac
cordingly.
3. Besotted, That a Committee ofthree,
including the Chairman, be appointed to
•draft and publish an address, iu order to
promote the purpose ol this meeting.
4- Resolved , That among other proceed
ings, the committee recommend the forma
tion of Agricultural Associations in the
different counties; and Agricultural Meet
ings or Associations iu the different Judi
cial Circuits.
The undersigned are the committee tip
pointed under the third resolution. They
regret that they have not been delegated
by a larger assemblage of citizens, and es
pecially that they are unable to present
the great interests ol agriculture in so com
manding a light as they desire. They
trust, however, that the day of small things
will not be despised, and they proceed
to the discharge of the duty assigned
them.
As inducements to our fellow-citizens to
concur in the movement which has been
attempted they advert to the depressed
state of agriculture, the imperfect state ol
household economy, the praiseworthy ex
ample of several agricultural associations,
especially that of Hancock, which lias ex
erted so beneficial an influence, and the
siirringappeals recently made looi.rintcr
eits and our patriotism, in several of our
public journals.
Let not the failure to get rrp a Conven
tion on the 27th ult., ai rest our efforts;
more determined endeavors may yet suc
ceed. It is only necessary to bring togeth
er the increasing friends ofou'r enterprise.
And we cannot but hope, with the intelli
gent editor of the Southern Cultivator,
•"£hat Mi a very few years, almost every
county in the State will be but branches
ot a great Stale Agricultural SocutyA
Let, then, our fellow-citizens forthwith,
get up county meetings and associations;
which, like the Hancock Club, may do
much good, if they go no further. But let
them extend the good by meetings and
associations in the judicial circuits, if they !
desire them; though the Committee are a,
little apprehensive that these latter may j
interfere with the ultimate purpose of a
State Society or Convention; which thev de
sire by all means to see r>ot up.
It is scarcely necessary to say, that ag
ricultural associations will be merely con
sultative and advisory: there will ol
course be nothing compulsory in any thins
they may do. This is said in view of the
purpose entertained in the attempt to get
up a Convention on the 27th. It was
thought desirable by some, in view of the
low prices of cotton, to indune our far
mers to reduce the quantity, in order to
improve the price. That this reduction j
would have this tendency, there can be;
no doubt. The reciprocal influence of de- !
mand, price, and supply, is obvious. An
increased demand is followed by mcreas- :
ed prices; increased prices bj' increased '
supply; increased supply by diminished 1
prices; diminished prices by diminished
supplies; diminished supplies by increas
ed demand, increased prices, and so on.
A reduction in the quantity of cotton, then, i
would be followed by an augmentation of
price; more especially as this reduction '
would enable farmers to prepare their cot- '
ton more carefully lor market.
But, even if the price of cotton should !
not be improved, the withdrawal of a part!
of our tabor from the production, would
enable us to employ it more profitably in
other operations. It is disreputable as
well as ruinous to purchase from others so
many articles which might be produced
by ourselves. 1 1. is absurd to raise cotton
at present or probable prices, to purchase
horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, ordina
ryclothing, or other articles, which might,
and ought to be produced at home. The
countless thousands which are expended
in this way ought to be retained among us.
And we are gratified to find that such is
the present tendency. To continue, and
increase this tendency is the desire of the
Committee.
It does not come within the present pur
pose of the Committee, nor are they pre
pared, to give the statistics which would
sustain their views. They confidently re
ly upon the recollections of their fellow
citizens, aided bv the developments
which are constantly manifesting them
selves, to make the proper impressions.
Among tire objects to which a part of
jour efforts might he profitably directed
l are wool, silk, indigo, tobacco, butter, per
haps apples in 'oine situations, &e.
Even if these would not he very profit
able objects, the labor withdrawn from
overstrained efforts to produce cotton,
would enable us »o build or repair fences,
build or repair houses, collect manure,
ditch our hill-sides, drain our low grounds,
and constantly' arid to the value of our
lands and negroes, the intellectual and
moral improvement of ourselves and fam
ilies, and the prosperity and comfort of
the community.
Come up, then fellow-citizens, to the
rescue. Though miserably lacerated,
good old Georgia contains within her bo
som all the elements of a great republic,
and a happy people. All the inventions
of interest ami patriotism call on you to
say that her sun shall not decline in the
gloom u hich threatens her !
Your fellow-citizens,
RICHARD ROWELL,
LEROY SINGLETON,
WM. TURNER.
Feb. 1, 1545.
A Ship sailing 13,000 feet above, the. Sea! —
Some very remarkable particulars are giv
en in a Montevideo journal of British en
terprise,one of whose most extraordinary
features is “a ship sailing on a level of
IS,OOO feet above the sea.” The gold
mines of Tipuani, and the emerald mines
of Illimani, are situated on the banks of
the lake Chiquilo. The only vegetable
produce of the district is a species of red
potato called Chustna,and a few uutricious
plants; hut to the east of the lake, at Oopa
casona, and the valleys of the Bolivia, are
cultivated maize, barley, and fruit-bear
ing trees. The difficulty of feeding from
their own scanty region, the large body of
Indians working iu the mines, suggested
the idea of building a vessel for the navi
gation of the lake. An old brig was ac
cordingly purchased and stripped of her
anchors, sails, ami rigging, and stocks
being built, niter two years of painful and
unceasing labor, the vessel was launched
on the lake, and a regular communication
opened with the produce of the valleys of
the Bolivia. The brig is well furnished
with all necessaries, except anchors,
which even the perseverance of these
English speculators could not raise to so
great a height. The same enterprising
parties have transported a steam-engine
across the Cordilleras, dug through the
metalliferous hills of Laycacota, a canal
2000 feet in length, traversed by nine
locks, and laid down a railway at its ex
tremity, for the conveyance of their ore.
The island of Titicaca in this lake is as
signed by tradition as the cradle of the
j earliest Peruvian civilization, ami the sa
cred burial place of the ancient kings of
the country.
God and his Creation. —We are under
'God’s will. He can lengthen or shorten
j the time of trial at his pleasure; we our
j selves, and all the men with whom or
against whom we may net, are but his
j instruments. We can no more stride be
jyond the harrier he has fixed, th in the
sen can pass the boundary of sands w ith
j which he has surrounded it. Our task is
to do that which we conscientiously be
lieve it is our duty to him to do in the
j circumstances wherein he lias placed u-;
land we may be sure that, however much
we may be mistaken, if such is our object
land purpose, the errors of understanding
| will never be visited on our heads .is
crimes by him who knows the capabilities
of every creature that he has made, and
can judge between intention and execu
tion. God punishes sins and not mistakes;
he tries the heart us well as the actions,
\ and holds the balance even between each;
and though we may suffer in this world)
for the errors of others or for our own,
there is exhaustless compensation in the
hand of die Almighty for those who seek 1
to do his will,and those who wilfully dis
obey it.
A Tailor's Secret. —Alphonse Karr, as
clever a scribbler as an)' France possesses
in these days, relates that he lately sent
for a tailor to make him a coat out of a
piece of cloth he Hud purchased.
“Can’t do it,” said Snip, after measur
ing the cloth, “can’t do it; there isn’t stuff
enough.”
Karr then sent for another tailor, who,
alter, carefully measuring the material, ‘
undertook to make the coat. In due time •
the garment was delivered, and Karr,
stuck himself into it. His first visit was
to the tailor.
“Well, sirrah,” said he, “behold me in
the coat from the very stuff you said was
insufficient! You see that there was stuff
enough after all!”
i er 3 likely,” said Snip, with irapertur
bable sang froid; “very likely; but the son
iof the tailor who made it, u not so birr as
[miner 6
Mr. Calhoun has been dangerously ill,
but at the last dates from Washington was i
considered convalescent.
C ONG RESSIONA L .
Coirespondeiice of ihe Baltimore American.
Washington, Feb. 10, 1845.
Senate. —Mr. Mangum laid before the
Senate the reports from tiie War Depart
ment containing copies of the Army Re
gister for each of the Senators, and from
itie Treasury Department in answer to a
Resolution of the Senate, which were not
read.
Cherokee Indians. —Mr. Haywood pre
, seated resolutions of the Legislature of
North Carolina, rt quisling Senators and
Representatives to obtain, it possible, the
passage of a law lor the settlement of the
Cherokee claims. A memorial was pre
sented from the Cherokee Indians, and all
were referred lor investigation to one ot
the Standing Committees.
Resolution was reported in relation to
the disposal of the Copper Rock from the
Commutes.' on Public Lauds.
'l he Committee on Printing reported in
lav(,r of ihe priming of twenty thousand
extra copies of Mr. Archer’s Report from
the Committee ot Foreign Relations, de
nying the power of Congress to annex
foreign territory to the United Stales,
and ue extra copies were ordered.
Mr. Huger, of South Carolina, present
ed a memorial from the Charleston Rail
Road Company in liivor of importing cer
tain iron nitres free from duty for the pur
pose ol making atmospheric experiments.
The sixty or seventy private Bills upon
the table ot the Secretary ol the Senate,
and which passed the House on Friday
and Saturday last, were read a first and
second time, with a view to reference.
The Pension Bill, the Bill lor the sup
poitol the Post Office Department, and
lor Fortifications lor the fiscal years 1845
and "10, were ordered to a third reading.
Exploring Expedition. —Mr. 7appan,
of Ohio, called up a Joint Resolution
from the Joint Committee on the Library,
lor the distribution of the Exploring Ex
pedition. It is proposed to distribute 59
. copies among the several States and For
eign Governments with whom we ate
i upon terms of friendly intercourse, and
m leave the remaining 141 copies in the
Library lor future distribution. The Re
solution was ordered to a third reading.
The J tint Resolution in relation to the
printing of the Laws and Constitution of
lhe United .Stales, was taken up and gave
rise to a prolonged disrussion.
Mr. Alien moved to add the Constitu
tions of the several States, and Journal ol
the Convention that framed the Constitu
tion.
Mr. Allen withdrew the amendment
and the bill was then ordered to a third
reading.
hremit Sp ihations. —The bill providing
indemnification lor Fiench Spoliations pr
or to 1390, was called up by Mr. Choate
of Mass.
M . C’s. motion prevailed, and the
Senator moved that instead of a commis
sion to examine the French claims, live
millions of dollars be appropriated at once
to provide for their liquidation. Mr. C.
defended his amendment briefly,and with
liis usual ability. The Senate that with
out further debate the Bill was ordered to
an engrossment as follows:
Ayes—Messrs. Rugby, Barrow, Bates,
Bayard, Berrien, Buchanan, Choate,
Clayton, Dayton, Evans, Fairfield, Fran
ces, Huntington, Johnson, Merrick, Miller,
Niles, Phelps, Porter, Sevier, Simmons,
Sturgeon, Uphair;, White, Woodbridge,
Woodbury—26.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Atherton, Atchi
son, Benton, Breeze, Colquitt, Dickinson,
D:x, Hannagau, Huger, Lewis, McDuffie,
Mangum, Walker, —15.
A bill was then passed establishing a
company ol Sappers and Miners.
W it limit action upon other public ques
tions and with the passage ol several pri
vate bills the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives. —The Bill from
the Senate to reduce the rates of postage
was read twice, ordt red to lie printed,
and relent'd to the Comuiitttee of the
Whole.
A Resolution was adopted authorising
Professor Morse to inform the House as to
i any more expeditious plan (or taking the
! yeas and na\>.
Territorial Business. — Agreeably to a
resolution adapted two weeks si nee, setting
japan the LOtli and llih of February for
territorial business, tbe House went into
Committee ol tbe whole this m. rning,-Mr.
Davis ol Indiana iu the Chair.
The whole session was devoted to Ter
ritorial business, and a great number of
biils were passed iu Committee of the
Whole.
A motion was then made to take up the
Bill admitting the Territories of Florida
and lowa into the Union.
The House upon this motion found it
self without a quorum, until there had
been three counts. The Bill was then
i rend and amendments offered. The
boundaries reported proposed that there
should be nearly 70,000 square miles in
j the Territory
Mr. Duncan of Ohio moved an amend
ment by which it should not exceed 40,000
I miles.
Mr. Vinton was about to defend the
amendment, when the Committee rose
! and reported progress.
A memorial was received from Amos
Kendall in relation to suits pending against
him, which being referred, the House ad
journed th an early hour.
Washington, Feb. 11, 1645.
Senate. —The Texas debate it was ex
pected by many would commence in the
Senate to-day, and a good many persons !
were present in expectation of hearing
the discussion. The subject was alluded
! to daring the morning hour, and on mo-!
lion of Mr. Archer, the debate was post-!
poned until Thursday next. Mr. More-'
bead said he would speak to-day if the!
Senate did not wish to postpone.
Mr. Bagby presented Resolutions from !
the Alabama Legislature, asking for the*
establishment of a Southern boundary
for the admission of Texas; for the occu
pancy of the Oregon ; against the Tariff,
Distribution, See. Tbe Resolutions were
read, laid upon the table, and ordered to!
be printed.
Mr. Colquitt reported a bill to remit'
the duties on Rail Road Iron in certain 1
cases.
The Senate, after debate, passed tbe
Joint Resolution of the House to print
1509 copies of the book of Robert Green
how upon the subject of the North Wes-,
tern frontier. Mr. Allen of Ohio moved
to lay the Resolution upon the table. The
motion was rejected by a vote of 30 to 18. j
The bill for the payment of French j
Spoliations prior to 1391, coming up on its
passage, was, on motion of Mr. McDuffie, j
postponed until Thursday next.
The Bill to organize a company of Sup
pers and Miners was read a third time and
passed.
The Bill from the Judiciary Committee j
providing lor the distribution of the de
cisions ot the Supreme Court was called
up by Mr. Dayton, and opposed by j
Mr. Allen, when the bill was pass-'
ed by n vote of 26 to 19.
The Bill Ibr the appointment of Assis-!
taut Pursers and Surgeons in tbe Navy
was rejected by a vote of 19 to 21.
A bill providing ibr the transmission 01,
mails between the United States and For
eign countries was also passed without a
division.
The Bill Irom the House authorizing
the Postmaster General to make contracts
! tor carrying the mails upon Railroads
without advertising, was passed, and then
the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives. —Mr. Slidell,
|ol La., asked some explanation of a re
mark from Mr. Schenckof Ohio, heard iu
the debate ot Thursday, pending ihe dii
licultics between Mr. Black, of Georgia,
and Mr. Giddings,of Ohio. Mr. Scheuck
having said that no gentleman would ob
ject to hear Mr. G. after Mr. Black had
been beard in his own defence, and Mr.
Slidell having objected, some explanation
was thought necessary.
Mr. Scheuck gave it readily, by saying
j that lie m ale no allusion to Mr. Slidell,
: Ibr ho did not hear Mr. Slidell, nor did
any body about him.
Tcrtitoriul B its. —The following Ter-
tutorial bills were passed tins morning :
An act providing ibr the payment of
; military services in Florida.
I Two acts providing for internal im
provements iu lowa and in Florida. Also
j li>r improvements m Wisconsin. Also
granting quantities of land for the im
provement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.
Joica as a State. — The unfinished busi
ness ol last evening coming up, Mr. Vin
ton »»( Ohio, addressed the Committee
upon the pending amendment which was
to reduce the number of square miles
from 72.999 square miles to 39 or 40,099.
Mi- Yimou said it was mistaken policy
(on the part of our fathers thus to enlarge
the States ol ilie West to unnatural dimen
sions. It hail been seen in part to be so,
but still Western States were large and
they were in danger of losing their just
influence in the Union by being extended
according to the views proposed in the
Bill before the House.
Mr. Belser, of Ala., argued, in continu
ing the debate, that the question of popu
lation and slavery ought not to keep any
Stale out of the Union. He said that he
was not particular that the territory of
Florida should he divided into two Slates,
or that lowa should have such an area of
country as was preserved in the bill be-
Ibic the House. He admitted that the
\\ e.-t was likely to hold the balance of
power in the Union and lie was glad that
it was so. He was willing, as a Southern
man, to trust the Union in such hands, be
lieving that they would exercise the pow
er committed to them with dignity, inte
grity and honor.
When Mr. Belser sat down the ques
tion was loudly called for, and the amend
client ol Mr. Duncan was carried, Aves
91, Noes 36.
The next section provide for tbe admis
sion of Florida into the Union, and em
bodied a proviso that ihere should be two
Stair s in Florida, and that neither of these
should have the power of abolishing the
Institution of Slavery.
Mr. Hunt, of N. Y. opposed the ad-
: mission as two States, and the provision
| 'if the Constitution which forbids the abo
: Litton of Slavery there.
Mr. Levy, the delegate from Florida,
defended both when the proviso was strick
en out in Committee.
The proviso wasstiicken out by a vote
! of SO to 50.
Mr. Motse of Me. moved an amend
ment that Floiida should not be admitted
I until that article of the Constitution was
amended, declaring that the General As
jsunbly of Florida should not abolish
j Slavery.
Mr. A. V. Brown of Tenn. opposed
1 the amendment, when a motion was made
that the Committee rise. The vote was
ay es 70, noes 70.
Mr. Davis of lowa, (in the chair) voted
in the affirmative, and the Committee rose
and reported progress, when a motion
was made to adjourn, upon which the yeas
and nays were called. The vote was lost
I ayes 99, noes 84.
At this late hour Mr. Cave Johnson in
troduced a Resolution to close the debate
upon the Bill in twenty minutes. The
previous question followed the introduc
of the Resolution.
Mr. Adams moved that the House ad
journ.
TJie Speaker decided that it was not in
order.
Mr. Aklams then moved that the Reso
lution be laid upon the table, and called
for the yeas and nays.
Twenty six voted for the yeas and nays,
and the Speaker decided that this number
was not enough.
Mr. Adams demanded a count, and the I
twenty-six were found to be mare than!
enough.
A motion was made to adjourn and the
yeas and nays were called again. The
vote was: Ayes 72, Noes 80.
Mr. Hudson, of Mass, now moved that
there be a call of the House, and upon
this motion the Yeas and Nays were call
ed. The House decided against the call,
Ayes 45, Noes 112.
A motion was here made by Mr. Sem
ple to adjourn* arid withdrawn. It was
then renewed by Mr. Dickey, of Pa. and
the Yeas and Nays were called. The
i vote was—Ayes 79, Noes 94. it being half
; past five, I close here as the House is
i about to vote upon Mr. Adam’s motion to
I lay upon the tuble.
CONGRESS.
The Senate, to-day, was engaged prin
jcipally in the House of Representatives,
in execution of the joint order for counting
the electoral votes for President and Vice
j President.
The remarks of Mr. Fairfield in the Se
; nate, yesterday, on presenting a petition
; adverse to the annexation of Texas, were
; incorrectly given by our reporter. Mr. F.
j did not profess to be acquainted with the
j petitioners; but said that a gentleman who
was well acquainted with them had in
j formed him that, with two or three ex
j eeptions, they were all abolitionists and
| wliigs.
Iu the Ihusc, a number of communica
tions from ihe executive departments were
j read, anil appropriately referred. Seve
ral bills from tiie Senate were passed
through their first and second reading, and
referred to the proper committees. This
\ being the day set apart by the joint resolu
! tion of the two Houses for counting the
votes of the electors Ibr President and
Vice President, at 12 o’clock (the hour de
signated) Mr. B rod head submitted a reso
lution that a message be sent to the Senate
informing them that the House was ready
to receive them. The resolution having
i been adopted, and the message delivered,
the Senate, headed by their President pro
tempore, and preceded by their sergeant
at-arms, entered the hall of the House, and
were ci nducied to the seats prepared for
them immediately in front oft lie Speaker's
chair, the members of the House rising
jon their entrance, and remaining standing
until they were seated. The lion. VV.
P. Mangum, President pro t in. of the
Senate, was conducted to a seat on the
right hand of the speaker, and die tellers
(the floiioiahle Robert J. Walker on the
part of the Senate, and the Honorable Ed
mund Burke and die Honorable John P.
Kennedy on the part of the House) took
; seals at the clerk’s table, immediately be
fore the Speaker’s chair. The President
!of the Senate then rose and announced
that the two Houses had assembled lo
jgether, in pursuance of the constitution,
for the purpose of counting trie votes of
the electors Ibr a President and Vice pre
sident, to serve tor four years from the
,4th of March next; anil proceeded to hand
j to the tellers the votes of the several States
in their regular order, (beginning with tiie
State of Maine.) naming the votes of each
State as he handed them. The o ilers, on
j receiving the votes of each State, an
nounced them to the two Houses. The
! votes having been in this mariner counted
j through, the tellers summed up and re
potted the result to the President of the
Senate, who announced them, as billows:
W hole number of decimal votes given,
275; necessary to a choice 138; of which
James Knox Folk, of Tennessee, received
170 lor (’resident, and George M. Dal
las, of Peims\ Ivania, 1/0 for Vice Presi
dent; Henry Clay, of Kentucky, received
LOS Ibr President, and Theodore Freling
iiuysen, of New Voik, 105 for Vice Presi
dent; and that no other persons were vo
, ted lor. He therefore declared that James
Knox Polk, of Tennessee, was duly elect
ed President of the United .Slates, to serve
for four years from the 4ih of March nexi;
and that George Mifflin Dallas, of Penn
sylvania, was iu like manner duly elected
\ ice President of the United Slates, to
I serve for the same period. Mr. Burke,
from the Joint Committee of the two
Houses, in further execution of the duties
imposed on them, submitted a joint reso
lution for the appointment ol a committee
j consisting of two members on the part of
the House, to join a committee of one
j member of the Senate, to wail on James
K. Polk, of Tennessee, and to inform 1 in
that he was duly elected President ol the
United States, tor four years from the Ith
| of March next; also, to wait on George M.
! Dallas, of Pennsylvania, and inform him
j that he was duly elected Vice President
of the United States, for four years from
the 4th ot March next. This resolution
; was unanimously agreed to, and the House
adjourned.— Washington Globe, 12/ h List.
Patrick Henry's Daughters.- -The daugh
ters of Patrick Henry who married Ro
bert Campbell, a brother of the English
poet, still survives in Virginia, not unmark
ed with some of the paternal accomplish
ments which manifested themselves in
that race in more than one generation,
singular among the female descendants
The National Intelligencer remarks on
this subject—“Another of Mr. lienrv’s
daughters, Mrs. Fountain, was reputed to
possess a natural eloquence not unlike to
her father’s. The same faculty shone out
singularly too, in the youngest of the great
orator’s srsters, Elizabeth, the wile ol
Gen. Campbell, the hereof King’s Moun
tain. From the y child born by thisonl
lady to Gen. Campbell (at least the only
one that lived beyond childhood) is sprung
the Hon. Win. Campbell Preston, of South
Carolina. We chance to know in a youth
ful visit of the latter gentleman to Europe,
in 1819 ’2O, lie was received by the poet
as of double relationship to him, both
through the Campbells and Henrys: and
that through him, in a subsequent resi
dence in Scotland be was introduced to
the kindness and hospitality of Sir Walter
Scott, Mrs. Grant of Laggan, Mr. Jeffrey,
arid other leading edebrites (to borrow 'a j
French term) of Edinburgh.
FOREIGN.
From Ihe New Orleans PicayunT ===== *”*
LATER FROM MEXICO.
By the arrival at Havana on Wednes
day last of the British steam ship Tay,
Capt. Sharp, dates to the 31st ult. f ron |
i Vera Cruz have been received. Santa
Anna still remained a prisoner at the Cas
tle of Perote—the same cold, dreary and
dismal place in which he so long held the
! unfortunate Texians in captivity, p
stated that the Grand Jury appointed to
try the fallen tyrant, was furious against
him. while the present Executive of yjex
ico manifested a feeling of clemency atul
, al the saese time of regret that he did not
escape out of the country and thu3 save,
the Government further trouble. A let
ter dated Vera Cruz, January 31st, ex
presses the belief that the file of the ty
rant would not be taken. His young wife
was in piison with him, as was also an
'old friend of his, Senor Lazaro VillatniL
Among the passengers by the Tay
was Senor Antonio Haro, Santa Anna’s
torrner Minister of .Finance, who had
made out to reach the coast in safety from
Mexico. One of the Editors of this pa
per, who came passenger in the Alabama
was informed al Havana that Senor H.
had escaped through the assistance of
the English Consul at Vera Cruz, and
that he came on hoard the Tay under an
assumed name, ltejon was slill at large
and his whereabouts not known,
j Every thing was said to be quiet in
Mexico. It was reported that the Repub
lic was to be divided into three military
departments, Arista to have command of
the Northern Paredes of the Centre, and
some other general of the Southern sec
tion.
An extra of the Diario de la Marina of
Havana, issued on the evening of the sth
instant, contains a synopsis of the intel
ligence brought by the Tay. The princi
pal part of the news has already been
published in ibis city, we give the sub
stance of a more important item, which
j appears in EJ Siglo Dies y Nueve of
M xieo of the 24th ult., and which is as
follows : Santa Anna has sent, from Pe
rote, anew communication to the Cham
bers, requesting that the passport Ibr
which In* had already asked might be
granted him, in which case he would
banish himself, perpetually from the
country. He also staled that he would
appoint nil agent fully empowered and
qualified to respond to any charges or
claims made against him, leaving liis
.lauded estates and property as a guaran
ty lor ihe satisfaction of all, and more
over speaks of the respoiisibiliiy ot liis
.Ministers, This eou.immieation the
Grand Jury were acting upon in secret
! session on the night ol the 23d ult., and
lhe result of their deliberations was not
known.
FROM HAVANA.
By the arrival last night of the steam
ship Alabama, we have Havana dates to
tbe evening ot Wednesday last, the sth
•iisr. A fresh Norther was blowing when
ihe A. sailed and she encountered a hea
vy swell immediately on leaving the Mo
ro ; lan ('n ihe following dav the wind
'subsided, and the run over was unusual
ly pleasant.
The masquerade halls commenced at
the magnificent Tacon theatre on the
I night of Sunday, the 2d iust., the attend
ance on the occasion, in the neighboring
, coffee-houses, us well as the theatre, be
ing immense* Among the spectators in
ihe boxes of the latter, to witness the
dancers and masqueraders, was the Cap
tain-General O’Donnell, together wiibliis
lady and daughter. It win said, the
next day, that no less than six persons
were assassinated during the night, some
of them near die theatre, and that several
others were severely if not mortally
wounded. A thousand rumors tire afloat
in relation to these murders, some saying
that all the victims were killed by one
negro iu a mask, while others slate that a
gang were implicated or engaged. 01
the persons assassinated, two were known
to lie engaged in law suits, while another
was (juite a lad, showing that the perpe
trator or perpetrators had some object ai
view other than would grow out of a
drunken brawl < r a masquerading frolic.
A negro,w as arrested on the 3d iust., and
it is said that one of the wounded men
ret oguized the fellow as the person who
had assaulted him.
A short time previous to the depart
ure ol the Alabama, the L. S. Fiigate
I’otomae, bearing the broad pennant ol
Com. Conner, came past the Moro u>
dashing style with all sails set, and short
ly afterwards cast anchor in tbe harbor.
Her appearance was certainly most gal
lant as she came speeding in under the
influence of the fresh, fair wind. With
this exception, we believe there was no
other foreign man-of-war in the harbor
save a French corvette.
John Rogers' Bible. —The identical bible
which J"lm Rogers, the martyr of Primer
memory, once owned, (says a correspon
dent of the Boston Transcript; was brought
to this country nearly two centuries ago*
and is now in the hands of two of his de
scendants. A ‘ breeches bihlc,’ printed
in London, 1577, the copy which was pre
sented bv tire printer to Queen Elizabeth,
was procured in England at a high price
by Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, and sent to
tire Rev. Dr. Homer, of Mass., at the sa e
of whose library it was purchased by me,
and is valued as a pleasing relic of 1 )
alty and Puritanism.
When McCurrv, confined in BaltirrKire
for the murder of Paul Roux, was asked
if he was of the Catholic faith, he replied.
‘Lord help me! I’m of no religion at
Is not that the original cause of Uiscrinoe-
Gold coin to the amount of $448.60°
was coined at Dalrlonega, in this >-
during the past year.